10DS: PM - Time to tear down the barriers at elite universities ~ BIS: Javid meets universities to discuss improving social mobility)
BIS: Government and industry unite to drive UK rail growth – (BIS: High streets and city centres to benefit from Sunday trading devolution)
DfT: Driverless cars technology receives £20m boost ~ techUK: Are we one step closer this week to an AI driven world? ~ DfT: Two companies shortlisted to compete for the next South Western rail franchise)
DECC: World’s largest offshore wind farm to be built in the UK)
Ofgem grants licence for Transmission Capital Partners to own link to Westermost Rough Windfarm
CLG: Ministers call on construction industry to invest and build home grown talent
RoSPA welcomes new corporate manslaughter sentencing rules
Dstl: 100 years of defence operations at Porton Down
ScotGov: £12m for energy skills – (ScotGov: Budget wage rise for 51,400 low paid workers ~ ScotGov: Living Wage for care workers ~ 200th employer signs Business Pledge ~ ScotGov: Steel business rates relief)
WAG: Gwynedd businesses speeding ahead with Superfast Cymru – (WAG: New on-line Directory launched to promote Welsh businesses ~ WAG: Bill to boost Wales’ natural resources to become law ~ WAG: Further EU funds to support advanced materials & manufacturing in Wales)
Wales Office: Lord Bourne attends Tata Steel Task Force
ICO: Revised code looks at privacy notices
ESRC: Fair tax for big business
techUK: Virtual Reality increasingly seen as a next big thing – (techUK: Investigatory Powers Bill could undermine UK Tech sector ~ techUK: BIS selects techUK-backed JTA WEEE compliance fee proposal ~ techUK: Mobile Services & Apps are growing in popularity, but could they go further? ~ techUK: EC proposes to coordinate the use of the 700 MHz band for mobile services ~ techUK: £40m to drive green car revolution ~ techUK: Big Data meets the US’s Biggest Sports event of the year)
Innovate UK: New website hosts wealth of data on energy efficient buildings
UKTI: UK & Nordic-Baltic fintech community explore collaboration opportunities
STFC: UK SMEs can win free access to R&D facilities
CBI: UK growth slips at start of year – (CBI: Business North launches ~ CBI: Minerals critical to the UK economy ~ CBI: Smaller manufacturers report stable start to year ~ CBI: UK will stand stronger with China from inside the EU)
TUC welcomes support package for Sheffield Forgemasters – (TUC: Black workers with degrees earn a quarter less than white counterparts ~ TUC: Extending Sunday opening hours will be bad for workers & small businesses ~ TUC: Women must not be left behind in pensions revolution ~ TUC: Investors use new votes to show concern over boardroom pay ~ TUC: Naming & shaming of minimum wage cheats must continue)
UKCES Employers facing talent poverty as skills shortages rise 130% in 4 years
ESPO announce framework stakeholder engagement opportunities – (ESPO Publish Corporate Update Newsletter for Winter 2016)
Crown Commercial Service: Supplier event helps shape Awarding Organisations procurement
CIPD: Shifting business priorities create significant opportunities for HR
Revenue & Customs Brief 7 (2016): reminder of withdrawal of the VAT Misdirection Extra Statutory Concession 3.5 in cases of VAT liability change
Revenue & Customs Brief 5 (2016): Tonnage Tax - qualifying ships and flagging
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